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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

4/16/2021 / West Africa

Call for Candidates- GWP West Africa Chairperson

Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA), the regional body of Global Water Partnership (GWP), is seeking applications for the recruitment of its Chairperson. The Global Water Partnership aims at supporting countries in the sustainable management of their water resources with a view to achieving their development goals. GWP recognizes that the overall development goals of poverty eradication, social and economic well-being and protection of natural resources cannot be achieved if water resources are not managed in a sustainable manner.

4/16/2021 / Central Africa

World Water Day 2021: Central Africa Republic’s Ministry of Water Resources sensitize women on their role in the water sector

To mark World Water Day 2021 which was commemorated under the theme ‘Valuing Water’, Central African Republic’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Development organized a sensitization workshop for women’s organizations on water resource development on March 20, 2021 in Bangui

4/15/2021 / Southeast Asia

Malaysia Water Partnership Training Course on IWRM for Administrators and Water Managers

4/15/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C Empowers Caribbean Kids to be Water ChangeMakers in its First-Ever E-Book Available on Amazon

In 2020 with the onset of the global COVID-19 Pandemic, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) was motivated to find a novel and creative way of educating Caribbean kids about the critical value of water, the various water issues that occur throughout the Caribbean region and how they could be empowered to become Water ChangeMakers.

4/15/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C Produces New Caribbean Perspectives Papers on Freshwater Storage and the Impact of Land Use Change on Water Resources

4/14/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C Hosts First-Ever Caribbean Science Symposium on Water

Water is intimately connected to the way of life in the Caribbean – reaching across environment, economy, social well-being, systems of governance, rights and dignity. Furthermore, ensuring that everyone has access to sustainable water and sanitation services, is a critical climate change mitigation strategy for the future.

4/14/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C Supports Capacity Building on Climate Scenarios in the Dominican Republic

In 2020, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) began supporting the Government of the Dominican Republic (DR) to develop estimates of increased risk of flooding and landslides due to rainfall projections under climate change scenarios. This technical study was completed in the last quarter of 2020. It is one of a series of activities and outputs by GWP-C to inform the preparation of the country’s submission for the second round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and is part of the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) from the NDC Partnership.

4/14/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C Provides Support to the Government of Grenada to Develop A National IWRM Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) is supporting the Government of Grenada through the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Forestry, to develop a National Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan for Grenada. This will be a pivotal tool in raising awareness and promoting action on IWRM in the county. Furthermore, the Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan will be aligned to Grenada’s recently revised (2019) National Water Policy and IWRM Plan.

4/14/2021 / Caribbean

GWP-C and HELP Hold Timely Consultation for the Caribbean on Addressing Water-Related Disaster Risk Reduction in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP) developed a set of Principles to Address Water-Related Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

4/14/2021 / Global

We Asked Youth: What Does Youth Leadership Mean in the Water Sector?

In GWP’s ongoing collaboration with the World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW) to boost youth voices from across the globe, we asked young people to define what youth leadership looks like in the water sector.

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